Playoffs First Round: UND @ Tennessee Tech

[gfhockey]

Avg about 7k a game

 

shoukdnt be too loud for us

[108498]

They didn't play any of the teams we played this year? Does that help us facing harder competition?

[FSSD]

Well, we got the OVC-Big South Champions.  It is Cup Cake Schedule vs Strength of Schedule.

[cowboys5xsbs]

1 minute ago, 108498 said:

They didn't play any of the teams we played this year? Does that help us facing harder competition?

You would think so.  We should be battle tested.  

[GDPritch]

2 minutes ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

murders row....

we're screwed!!!

 

In the past 3 weeks Tenn Tech beat Tenn-Martin by 3 and Gardner-Webb by 6.  Both those teams are rated very similar to a bad 3-8 N Iowa team in the Sagarin combined FBS/FCS rankings.  If UND plays up to their level, they win.

[Wildfan]

Also a factor could be that UND was T-3rd in MVFC play, with a H2H when against Youngstown and did not play ISU. SDSU was 6th in Valley standings. 

[Cratter]

UND has to win playoff games.

Otherwise in future years they'll think "we let these guys in every year and they poop the bed."

A nice 2 wins in the playoff this yr.... equals...next year...

"Just look what happened last year when UND was 7-5 and we let them in when some people thought we shouldnt!"

Because 7-5 is the height of the bell curve for UND (and most MVFC teams).

[Siouxperbb32]

3 minutes ago, Cratter said:

UND has to win playoff games.

Otherwise in future years they'll think "we let these guys in every year and they poop the bed."

A nice 2 wins in the playoff this yr.... equals...next year...

"Just look what happened last year when UND was 7-5 and we let them in when some people thought we shouldnt!"

Because 7-5 it the height of the bell curve for UND (and most MVFC teams).

Yes to a degree but also the last 8 seeds really are supposed to be underdogs so its not like they gave us a top 16 seed n we say we lost 1st round. 

[forksandspoons]

Need to get back to smash mouth football. More fullback and less RPO. 

[cowboys5xsbs]

Anyone going to the game?

[ND11]

UND has I think 2 wins in a row if they show up.  D always keeps them in games and if offense can get it back together. Both those teams won’t want it.  Also Montana got a hard first matchup, 3 seed and they may have a healthy jackrabbit’s team with Chase back. Ouch.

[The Sicatoka]

Toughest Massey FCS opponent for TTU? 36, 41, 51, 53

For UND? 1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 16

[rochsioux]

1 hour ago, gfhockey said:

New season buckle yo

 

any one know the ref assignments for this game

[forksandspoons]

Anyone know Devereaux’s injury? He’s been great all year. That would be a tough loss 

[The Sicatoka]

On 11/21/2025 at 2:56 PM, The Sicatoka said:

1st - jet sweep (2 yards)
2nd - over LG  (2 yards)
3rd - 6 yard slant 
Lather, rinse, repeat

That was the Murray State MO. 

… and versus SDSU it was

 1st - over LG

2nd - QB power 

3rd - overthrow 

Lather, rinse, repeat

That will not do this week. Assume we’ll need 45 points and play for it. 

[cowboys5xsbs]

Will Z be back this week?  Could be a nice little boost for the offense.  

[The Sicatoka]

Really could use 3. 4, and 28. 

[Shawn-O]

33 minutes ago, cowboys5xsbs said:

Anyone going to the game?

I have Southwest points burning a hole in my pocket and it’s only an hour from  Nashville airport. 

[Wilbur]

Looks like they throw it a bit more than they run it.  Senior QB who is completing 65% of his passes. 

A lot will be said about the SOS and what not if the 6th team from the MVFC wins on their field.

Any B1G jobs open this week our OC can jump into pre bowl season?  

[southpaw]

1 hour ago, UND-FB-FAN said:

Coach Schmidt in his first season as head coach at UND gets the 2025 Fighting Hawks into the postseason! 
 

UND plays Tennessee Tech (11-1) at noon (CT) on Saturday, November 29, 2025. Tough matchup as Tennessee Tech’s only loss was at Kentucky. Tennessee Tech went undefeated in conference play and in FCS play. 
 

Great opportunity for UND football. Let’s Go Hawks! 

You mean Chaves got us into the playoffs. Schmidt's team !@#$ the bed in every close game. 

 

Having Chavezzz on the committee certainly helped. 

[YAWNSON]

Whatever happened to Xavier Leigh?  Is he hurt

[UND-FB-FAN]

1 minute ago, southpaw said:

You mean Chaves got us into the playoffs. Schmidt's team !@#$ the bed in every close game. 

 

Having Chavezzz on the committee certainly helped. 

UND football (not Chaves) won the 7 division one games needed to enter the playoffs.

UND football and Coach Schmidt need to do better versus the Dakotas and Montana schools, no doubt, but give credit where credit is due. This is year one. And a new season for major accomplishment has presented itself …

Chaves did appropriately focus attention on strength of schedule, and this situation is not mutually exclusive …

Both the wins (UND football) and the appropriate focus on strength of schedule and the quality losses (Chaves) deserve credit ..

[Cratter]

@Oxbow6 just text me. Watch party at his house Saturday.

[gfhockey]

2 minutes ago, Cratter said:

@Oxbow6 just text me. Watch party at his house Saturday.

Link?

[Sioux94]

It is good to see that SOS is really important.  We could have easily been 9-3 if we scheduled cream puffs. I like scheduling like we did this year. But not just that, even though we lost those two....we were up late in both. Montana is supposedly the Mecca and we were dominating and had self inflicted wounds. 

Let's make the committee feel justified on Saturday.  Also, that helps the MVFC in the future when these debates occur.